A review of the top 250 films from IMDB.com

55 – Paths of Glory (1957)

Paths of Glory is a World War II court room drama of sorts.After a failed attempt to try and take an enemy position three men are charged with cowardice and are being court marshalled.Kirk Douglas was the top lawyer in France before he was a colonel in the army so he decides to defend the soldiers.The three guys weren’t really cowards but the powers that be want to make examples of them for all the other men who retreated.A lot of them retreated too,the skirmish was a complete failure.Douglas is a realist and believes the men are entitled to a fair trial with proper representation.The court marshal thinks the opposite.They want to get them tried and executed as soon as possible.Try as he might to try and spare them,even with the evidence in his favour,he can’t.The plot is a little similar to A Few Good Men isn’t it?It’s been that long since i seen it that maybe I’m wrong.The film seems a little short,it could maybe have been another 10-15 minutes longer.The final scene in the bar is good.You see all the soldiers whoop whooping and acting like animals but then reality hits them and they realize that they are still in the war and may die at any time.

Well as they say in the cartoons : “That’s all folks!” It’s been a long year and i thought i’d try and do a last post to recap and maybe wrap it all up with some stats on the directors or writers. Right lets look at the Directors first. Tied at the top with 8 […]

And finally…. yes i finally made it to film number 1.Yee haa.And it’s the 1994 classic – The Shawshank Redemption. Based on a Stephen King short story from 1982.Couple of good performances from Robbins and Freeman.Shawshank is about a guy called Andy Dufresne who is falsely given two 30 year life sentences when his […]

Set in 1945 The Godfather is about a mafia family boss who happens to be the godfather to around a dozen kids.It must sting the wallet at Christmas time.This Mafia boss,Don Corleone, is hot shit and can make virtually anything happen with his spectacular offers that no one can refuse.Anyway this guy wants Don Corleone […]

I said in my very first post that i would watch every film in order and i have up until this.Lord of The Rings and Star Wars included.But they messed me around doing that so seeing as i’m at the last 2 films I’ve gone ahead and watched Godfather I first.Right Godfather II follows on […]

I think Pulp Fiction is one of the most over rated films out there .There are some good scenes and a few bits of dialogue but as a whole,i don’t like it.Even at this early stage in his career Tarantino has a few title cards that aren’t even needed.Why must he spoon feed the audience?Give […]

The last Leone film on the list and it starts in true Leone style.It’s got a cool title sequence,with animated text and what not.It’s also got all the other bucks form his other films,Van Cleef,Eastwood and the guy who had the musical watch in the last film.The beginning has his familiar beginnings;a few cowboys walking […]

12 Angry Men is about 12 jurors trying to reach a judgement on murder case.This is an old one and i remember seeing it a good few years ago and thinking it was great.There’e quite a bit of dialogue in this film,well i guess it’s all dialogue.It was nice to get a break form the […]

Dark Knight?Dark shite more like.Nah,that’s a bit harsh innit?I’m not sure why but i don’t like this film.Maybe it was all the hype surrounding it what with The Ledge dying pretty soon after filming.I liked the one before this and the one after it but this one i thought was just a bit average.Nothing spectacular.The […]

Schindler’s List is a romantic comedy in which Liam Neeson plays Schindler,a man who loses his memory every night when he falls asleep.He relies on a complex series of notes and lists to function in modern day Miami.Rob Schneider plays the love interest. Actually nothing could be further from the truth.Here we have movie 6 […]

Four hours and ten minutes.Four fucking hours and ten minutes.Let me tell you this;normally when i see a film that runs 3 hours long i get a bit ,eh, apprehensive .Normally i like to have a beer or two when i do these reviews and i think after 4 fucking hours i don’t think i […]